JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================MK" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?s.sEź$QP9`*ŽqL?b,Gk'#Ʀ[h?NxԆ"ı) y9$:AV$< |m#B[# <5  5yaveԍc`LdTṖ1sZRGPY0i.WtJ?B:llOyB؋j gkZ~lsO<7;zakQyq-ÛF t?:C:]`[1ÿ̞ޱ<{s:v64pXcVQtYlr}3^!IೂCmlKuu֦N-Y⤵Hi,;yPj3S[&ES,{4ZܛyU<R9;wIǝ?tNK 7?gp$9aATzotMR]ڼ5i²9.$ |qH95mᛳm3(J}{7zsQEY&=lkKANBOV~wk8>cFϰ=:pnRgboiP[݉ &>cH-l^@?ֻ/6R kiڔch3+55h+Vw=3^7}^aamG˓k"Whq<Ţmdt}FE{?Z%s+n5{{q%?lWOc$\Mq&YגMz"io$BI7bBFOp'M7XoiWiz o{JO5(ǫW[uu0yzׯZkpV}sBXI<@d>{=_]ь?hb !D:tT9>RdZl9HNNOJd >0DKc SY9. O\*뢶Od@E-q!.|&8W#GևK n6֩f;K"Ux;:V€( ]%7~ mQi~ژX-509ddԌzrp)},mڋ*Gޠ6xXb~QHM&nbsp; "I first learned about the importance of weights in 1972," remembered Coach Hofman.&nbsp; "We had a Universal Gym in a small room.&nbsp; We set goals for the kids in football.&nbsp; Many played football and baseball.&nbsp; I saw the importance of strength training.&nbsp; Then in the 1990's, we switched to free weights and did Squats but not Cleans.&nbsp; It wasn't until Bigger Faster Stronger came around that we really had an organized specific program.&nbsp; Now we have a disciplined program and we are much stronger in the lower body.</P> <P>"Training during the season has always been a part of our program.&nbsp; To say that lifting hurts baseball is simply not correct.&nbsp; I have always been a proponent of strength training.&nbsp; I was the head football coach or assistant here at Westminster Christian for 25 years.&nbsp; You know, I just laugh when I hear that weight